Nur Bilge Ertan was born in 1994 in Izmir, Turkey. She went to Izmir Atatürk High School and received her bachelor's degree in Management Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), one of the top universities in Turkey. She studied in Paris, France for one year as an Erasmus exchange student at Université Paris-Nanterre. Highly influenced by the rich cultural atmosphere of the city, she became intensely interested in humanities and social sciences, especially psychology and philosophy. Thus, the first seeds of her adventure of becoming a professional coach were planted there.